From 1bf44ee2d752847af4ef407dcd2b7f0d909e5d24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:12:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] protect output

---
 panda/src/char/characterJointEffect.cxx | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/panda/src/char/characterJointEffect.cxx b/panda/src/char/characterJointEffect.cxx
index a2087ee170..8382e4dac9 100644
--- a/panda/src/char/characterJointEffect.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/char/characterJointEffect.cxx
@@ -103,7 +103,12 @@ safe_to_combine() const {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void CharacterJointEffect::
 output(ostream &out) const {
-  out << get_type() << "(" << _character->get_name() << ")";
+  out << get_type();
+  if (_character.is_valid_pointer()) {
+    out << "(" << _character->get_name() << ")";
+  } else {
+    out << "(**invalid**)";
+  }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////